Gross Domestic Product

Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross domestic product per head was in (a) London, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Cardiff, (d) Glasgow, (e) Belfast, (f) Liverpool, (g) Bristol, (h) Leeds, (i) Birmingham, (j) Manchester, (k) Sheffield, (l) Newcastle, (m) Nottingham and (n) the UK in (i) the most recent year for which figures are available, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 1997.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 23 June 2005
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about GDP per capita in regions of the United Kingdom in the last period for which figures are available, for 2001 and for 1997. (6355)
	The estimates in Table A are based on the regional gross value added1 (GVA) estimates published in December 2004. These are available on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBavSe/Productasp?vlnk=7359
	The latest published information is for 2003 at the higher level of geography and 2002 at the lower levels. London is the only city with data available for GVA per capita in 2003, as specified below.
	
		Table A: GVA(1) per capita for regions of the United Kingdom  £
		
			 Area 1997 2001 2002 2003 
		
		
			 London 17,850 21,793 23,068 23,579 
			 Edinburgh 18,301 22,283 24,016 — 
			 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan(2) 12,638 16,527 17,484 — 
			 Glasgow 15,398 19,454 20,575 — 
			 Inner Belfast(3) 15,932 20,779 22,123 — 
			 Outer Belfast(3) 7,637 9,704 10,367 — 
			 Liverpool 10,508 12,846 13,776 — 
			 Bristol 16,630 20,326 21,513 — 
			 Leeds 13,817 17,129 18,305 — 
			 Birmingham 12,608 15,737 16,466 — 
			 Manchester 11,265 13,772 14,458 — 
			 Sheffield 10,705 13,192 13,835 — 
			 Tyneside(4) 10,590 13,245 14,002 — 
			 Nottingham 16,919 19,547 20,113 — 
			 UK less Extra-Regio(5) 12,085 14,545 15,273 15,980 
		
	
	(1) Information presented here is gross value added (GVA) which is gross domestic product (GDP) less taxes (plus subsidies) on products.
	(2) Cardiff is part of the NUTS3 region Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, which is currently the lowest level of geography ONS publish.
	(3) Outer Belfast and Inner Belfast are published as separate NUTS3 regions.
	(4) Newcastle is part of Tyneside (NUTS3) which is currently the lowest level of Geography ONS publish.
	(5) Extra-Regio is that part of the UK's economic territory, which cannot be allocated to any specific region.

Household Incomes

Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross disposable household income was in (a) current and (b) real price terms, using 2005 as the base year, for (i) each region, (ii) each country of the UK and (iii) the United Kingdom, for each year from 1996 to 2003; and if he will set out figures for each region and country indexed against the United Kingdom average.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 23 June 2005
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about gross disposable household income. (6321)
	The Office for National Statistics (ONS) currently compiles regional gross domestic household income (GDHI) at current basic prices only. These are shown in Table A in pounds million and in Table B as indices.
	The latest estimates were published in April 2005 with new figures for 2000 to 2003 and revisions for 1995 to 1999. They are available on the ONS website: http://statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=7359
	ONS produce national real price estimates for household income. The latest available estimates using 2001 as the reference year are available for the years requested, 1996 to 2003, and are shown in Table C. These figures were published in "United Kingdom Economic Accounts, Quarter 4, 2004", which can be found on the National Statistics website at: http://statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/UKEA04Q4.pdf
	
		Table A: Headline(6) gross disposable household income (GDHI)2 ,3 at current prices £ million
		
			  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003(9) 
		
		
			 United Kingdom 528,459 563,421 580,084 609,428 654,654 702,774 724,296 752,592 
			 England 447,197 477,882 492,897 518,648 557,316 598,486 616,409 640,383 
			 North East 20,504 21,621 21,972 22,744 24,173 25,685 26,430 27,393 
			 North West 57,094 60,538 62,056 64,717 69,143 73,686 75,781 78,652 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 41,558 44,128 45,369 47,179 50,393 53,701 55,264 57,415 
			 East Midlands 34,592 36,788 37,800 39,538 42,493 45,749 47,353 49,377 
			 West Midlands 43,910 46,514 47,746 50,002 53,586 57,361 59,137 61,455 
			 East of England 50,533 54,076 55,837 58,983 63,833 69,199 71,710 74,762 
			 London 75,759 81,777 85,195 91,030 98,430 06,057 108,723 112,551 
			 South East 79,288 85,541 88,556 93,485 100,395 107,993 111,030 115,267 
			 South West 43,940 46,900 48,365 50,970 54,870 59,056 60,980 63,511 
			 Wales 23,388 24,577 25,112 26,267 28,305 30,368 31,452 32,720 
			 Scotland 43,701 46,049 46,852 48,652 51,986 55,555 57,260 59,439 
			 Northern Ireland 13,099 13,833 14,177 14,784 15,860 16,998 17,648 18,403 
			 Extra-Regio(10) 1,075 1,080 1,045 1,077 1,188 1,368 1,529 1,646 
		
	
	(6) The headline regional GDHI series for this publication have been calculated using a five point moving average.
	(7) Household income covers the income received by households and non-profit institutions serving households.
	(8) Components may not sum to totals as a result of rounding.
	(9) Provisional.
	(10) Parts of the UK economic territory that cannot be assigned to any particular region.
	
		Table B: Headline(11) gross disposable income per head (GDHI) 2 indices at current prices UK less Extra-Regio=100
		
			  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003(13) 
		
		
			 United Kingdom(14) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
			 England 102 102 103 103 103 103 103 103 
			 North East 88 87 87 86 86 85 85 86 
			 North West 92 92 92 92 92 92 92 92 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 92 92 92 92 92 91 91 91 
			 East Midlands 93 93 92 92 92 92 92 92 
			 West Midlands 92 92 91 91 92 92 92 92 
			 East of England 107 106 106 107 107 108 109 109 
			 London 120 121 122 123 123 122 121 121 
			 South East 112 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 
			 South West 101 101 101 101 101 101 101 101 
			 Wales 89 88 87 87 88 88 88 88 
			 Scotland 95 94 93 93 93 92 93 93 
			 Northern Ireland 87 86 85 85 85 85 85 86 
		
	
	(11) The headline regional GDHI series for this publication have been calculated using a five point moving average.
	(12) Household income covers the income received by households and non-profit institutions serving households.
	(13) Provisional.
	(14) Excluding Extra-Regio.
	
		Table C: Real household disposable income:Chained volume measure
		
			  £ million (Reference year 2001) Index (2001=100) 
		
		
			 1996 586,303 83.6 
			 1997 610,183 87 
			 1998 611,966 87.2 
			 1999 631,836 90.1 
			 2000 670,075 95.5 
			 2001 701,585 100.0 
			 2002 711,344 101.4 
			 2003 729,630 104

Kent Roads Budget

Derek Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much central funding Kent county council has received for its roads budget in each year since 1997.

Karen Buck: The Department for Transport has approved approximately £268 million of funding support for Kent county council between April 1997 and March 2005 in local transport capital settlements. Approximately £74 million has been for capital highways maintenance, £46 million for local improvements to the road network and roads based public transport and £148 million for major schemes (each costing more than £5 million). The major schemes were mainly road improvements, but also included is support for investment in the Fastrack public transport network in Kent Thames-side.
	In addition to funding provided through the local transport capital settlement, the Government also provided funding to Kent county council covering most of the costs of the Ramsgate harbour approach road.
	In addition central funding support for services, including routine highways services, is provided through revenue support grant. This is not allocated by the Government between individual council services.
	The funding support provided directly to Kent county council through the local transport capital settlement for each year is shown in the table. It has been for Kent county council to determine.
	
		Kent county council local transport capital settlement £000
		
			  Capital highways maintenance Integrated transport block Major schemes Total 
		
		
			 1997–98 4,495 2,275 72,834 79,604 
			 1998–99 2,774 2,460 29,000 34,234 
			 1999–2000 4,412 4,400 20,456 29,268 
			 2000–01 6,466 4,411 5,100 15,977 
			 2001–02 11,513 7,600 7,600 26,713 
			 2002–03 12,149 8,129 3,720 23,998 
			 2003–04 15,108 8,920 700 24,728 
			 2004–05 16,705 7,896 8,650 33,251

Gas Turbines

Bernard Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what capacity of combined cycle gas turbines has been contracted for the period 2004–05 to 2010–11; and what percentage he estimates will be commissioned by 2012.

Malcolm Wicks: Details of contracted generation, under various scenarios, can be found in National Grid's 2005 Seven Year Statement, and in particular Tables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, depending on the scenario utilised: http:// www.nationalgrid.com/uk/library/documents/sys05/default.asp?action=mnch5_2.htm&Node=SYS& Snode=5_2&Exp=YPlant_Margins_On_Different_ Generation_Backgrounds

Schools Provision (Lancashire)

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding is being made available for the expansion of schools provision in Lancashire.

Jacqui Smith: In 2005–06 recurrent funding through the schools formula spending share has increased in Lancashire by 7.0 per cent. per pupil and its total SPSS has risen to £555.1 million. The funding that individual schools receive is a matter for the local authority through its locally agreed funding formula.
	As far as schools capital funding is concerned, £31.2 million has been allocated to Lancashire local authority and schools for the year 2005–06. Indicative allocations of £35.6 million and £37.2 million have been made for the years 2006–07 and 2007–08 respectively. These allocations will be utilised in accordance with the local authority and schools' asset management plans, taking account of changes in school population within the local authority area.